§284 - Footnotes

Revelation 17: The Great Whore and Beast from Ancient Rome and Beyond

[§284] Rev 17:6: The Great Whore Is Drunk with the Blood of Saints

Footnotes for this section

  1. See Pett, PPCB [Rev 17:6]; and generally Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]; Rev 17:4: The Woman Matures into the Great Whore; Rev 17:5: The Name of the Great Whore Is Babylon the Great. ↩︎
  2. See Pett, PPCB [Rev 17:6]; Vincent, VWS [Rev 17:6]; Donald W. Parry, UST, 316; Draper, RJA, 653; cf. Rev 16:6; and generally Rev 16:5-7: Justice Declared by the Angels of Water and Fire. ↩︎
  3. See Seiss, ALBR, 390; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 385; Henry, MHC, 2481; Edwards, FBNT [Rev 17:6]; cf. Jer 46:10; and generally Rev 6:9-10: Martyrdom During the Fifth Seal; Rev 14:12: Saints of Zion Survive the Great Tribulation; Rev 14:13: Saints That Die in the Lord Will Rest, and Labor as Spirits; Rev 18:21-24: The Final Destruction of, and Conditions in, Babylon. ↩︎
  4. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 385; Whedon, WCB [Rev 17:6]; Donald W. Parry, UST, 292; and cf. Num 23:24. ↩︎
  5. See Seiss, ALBR, 391; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 17:5-8]; and generally Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]. ↩︎
  6. See Seiss, ALBR, 390-391; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 528-529; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 17:6]; J. Reuben Clark, BLG, 274. ↩︎
  7. See Keener, IVPNT, 763; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 17:6]; and generally Rev 6:9-10: Martyrdom During the Fifth Seal. ↩︎
  8. See Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 470; and generally Rev 6:11: The “Great Apostasy” During the Fifth Seal. ↩︎
  9. See Matt 10:28; Luke 12:4; John 16:2-3; JS-M 1:21-22; Rev 12:13; Orr, ISBE, Vol. 4, 2324; and generally Rev 12:13: Satan Persecutes the Ancient Earthly Church; Rev 12:15-16: Flood Water Threatens the Woman in 70 AD; Rev 12:17: The Dragon Makes War on the Woman’s Seed; Rev 13:1: A Beast [Rome] Rises from the Sea in 70 AD; Rev 13:7: Satan’s Wars Overcome the Saints. ↩︎
  10. See Orr, ISBE, Vol. 4, 2324; Watt, JD, Vol. 1, 178-179; and e.g., Acts 12:1-2; Acts 7:58-59. ↩︎
  11. See Watt, JD, Vol. 20, 354; Orson F. Whitney, CR, October 1907, 51; Anthony W. Ivins, CR, April 1920, 111; Morrison, TFT, 93; Orr, ISBE, Vol. 4, 2325. ↩︎
  12. See Orr, ISBE, Vol. 4, 2606; Youngblood, NBD, 969; Easton, IBD, 498-499; and generally Rev 6:9-10: Martyrdom During the Fifth Seal; Rev 6:11: The “Great Apostasy” During the Fifth Seal. ↩︎
  13. See Daniel H. Ludlow, SWDL, 506; LeGrand Richards, IDYK, 20; Orr, ISBE, Vol. 4, 2608. ↩︎
  14. See Orr, ISBE, Vol. 4, 2607; Millet, SS, Vol. 2, 293; and generally Overview of Great Tribulations and Abominations of Desolation; Rev 13:1: A Beast [Rome] Rises from the Sea in 70 AD. ↩︎
  15. See Galbraith, JTEC, 216-217; George Reynolds, BOM, Vol. 1, 315; and generally Rev 12:15-16: Flood Water Threatens the Woman in 70 AD. ↩︎
  16. See Orr, ISBE, Vol. 4, 2608; Ivins, RMF, 148; Roberts, OEH, 121; Talmage, GA, 69-70; Draper, OSS, 3; Millet, SWRM, 86. ↩︎
  17. See Joseph Smith, HC, Vol. 3, LV; Joseph Fielding Smith, PM, 174; and generally Rev 13:5: Satan Has a Mouth [Power] Given Him 42 Months; Rev 13:6: The Three Blasphemies of Satan; Rev 13:8: All That Dwell on Earth Worship Satan; Rev 17:4: The Woman Matures into the Great Whore. ↩︎
  18. See Rev 17:3; Zerr, EMZ [Rev 17:6]; and generally Rev 17:3: A Woman Sits on a Scarlet Beast [Roman Empire]. ↩︎
  19. See Watt, JD, Vol. 12, 264; Roberts, SCT, Vol. 2, 175; Roberts, NWG, Vol. 1, 12-13; and generally Rev 17:4: The Woman Matures into the Great Whore. ↩︎
  20. See generally Rev 13:9-10: The Saints of the Renaissance and Reformation. ↩︎
  21. See Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 17:6]; Hugh B. Brown, CR, October 1959, 107-108; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 439; Bruce R. McConkie, NWAF, 677-678; Whedon, WCB [Rev 17:6]. ↩︎
  22. See Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 1, 235-236; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 667; Stephen E. Robinson, FC, 5. ↩︎
  23. See George Teasdale, CR, October 1898, 39-40; Joseph Fielding McConkie, DCBM, Vol. 2, 153; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 576; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 562. ↩︎
  24. See Joseph Fielding Smith, CR, April 1924, 41; Roberts, DFS, Vol. 1, 305; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 941; Rich, SML, Vol. 2, 108. ↩︎
  25. See Rev 13:7; and generally Rev 13:7: Satan’s Wars Overcome the Saints. ↩︎
  26. See Mosiah 3:19; Russell M. Nelson, Ensign , May 1990, “Thus Shall My Church Be Called”, 16; William Grant Bangerter, CR, April 1987, “What It Means to Be a Saint”, 11; Lee, THBL, 165. ↩︎
  27. See Boyd K. Packer, CR, October 2005, “On Zion’s Hill”, 73, 75; Joseph F. Smith, CR, October 1913, 139; Brigham Young, TPC, 292; George Q. Cannon, GT, 146. ↩︎
  28. See D&C 58:28; Dilworth Young, CR, April 1949, 97; Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 1, 175; Watt, JD, Vol. 25, 41-42. ↩︎
  29. See generally Rev 7:1: The Four Angels of the Restoration. ↩︎
  30. See Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 541; Joseph Fielding McConkie, JSCS, 228; Joseph Fielding McConkie, RR, 907; Donald W. Parry, UST, 420-421. ↩︎
  31. See Statement by the First Presidency, CR, April 1911, 126-127; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 570; Rich, SML, Vol. 1, 477. ↩︎
  32. See Donald W. Parry, UST, 226; Rudger Clawson, CR, April 1930, 32-33; Ezra Taft Benson, CR, October 1976, “Our Priceless Heritage”, 45. ↩︎
  33. See Rev 6:11; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 470; and generally Rev 6:11: The “Great Apostasy” During the Fifth Seal. ↩︎
  34. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 385; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 711; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 17:6]; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 17:5-8]. ↩︎
  35. See Draper, OSS, 191; Donald W. Parry, UST, 292; Draper, RJA, 653. ↩︎
  36. See James R. Clark, MFP, Vol. 3, 75; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 551-552; and generally John’s Vision of the Two Beasts Compared with Nephi’s Visions. ↩︎
  37. See Walvoord, BKCNT, 971; and generally Overview of Great Tribulations and Abominations of Desolation; Overview of the 144,000 on Mount Zion, Great Tribulation and Harvest; Rev 14:9-11: The Third Angel Proclaims the Wrath of God; Rev 14:12: Saints of Zion Survive the Great Tribulation. ↩︎
  38. See Rev 14:13; and generally Rev 14:13: Saints That Die in the Lord Will Rest, and Labor as Spirits. ↩︎